ASIA. 137 



series as Liassic, and the lower beds (Panchet rocks, Kampti scries, &c.) 

 as Triassic. F. W. K. 



Fox, Alfred Lloyd. On some Fossils from Mount Lebanon. Trans. 

 It. Geol. Soc. Cornwall^ vol. ix. part i. pp. 46-48. 



Eecords the finding of remains of Isoccirdia, Bucchmm, Ostrea, Conns, 

 Hij^purites, and Nummulites, as well as some lacustrine fossils, near 

 Mount Lebanon. C. L. N. F. 



Fryar, Mark. Report on Minerals in Shwe-Gyeen, Toungoo, and 

 Palipoon districts, Tenasserim Division. Coll. Guard, vol. xxx. 

 p. 390. 



Abstract of Report, dated 20 May, 1875. 



Godwin-Austen, Major H. H. The evidence of past Glacial action 



in the Xtigu Hills, Assam. Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xliv. 



pp. 209-213. 



In latitude 25° 30' N., where the Burrail range rises nearly to 



10,000 feet, old moraines are visible, which prove glaciers to have 



descended to the level of 5000 feet. The alluvial deposits of the 



valleys in the same neighbourhood are composed of conglomerates and 



clays, which the author considers to be of the same age as the moraines. 



F. D. 



. Notes on the Geology of part of the Dafla Hills, Assam. 



Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xliv. part ii. pp. 35-41, with section. 



The outer range consists of thick-bedded sandstones with pieces of 

 lignite ; it shows a steep scarp towards the Plains, and a slope of 

 20°-25° towards the mountains. On the Dikrang river, further among 

 the mountains, dark sandstones, with a bed of splintery coal 5 or 6 feet 

 thick, are seen; these the author concludes belong to the Damuda 

 scries ; about 1000 feet of these strata are visible. Beyond are meta- 

 morphic rocks. Concludes with a notice of some river-terraces of 

 recent age. F. D. 



Hodges, Prof. J. F. On the Composition of Tea and Tea Soils from 



Cachar. Hep. Brit. Assoc, for 1874, Sections, pp. 60-63. 

 Analyses of soil and subsoil are given. 



King, W. Preliminary note on the Gold-fields of South-west 

 Wynad. Bee. Geol. Su7'v. India, vol. viii. pp. 29-45. 



Gold has been obtained from the surface-soil on the hill-sides, the 

 stream-sands and gravels, and the alluvial flats. It is also to be found 

 in quartz-veins, and to a slight extent in the rocks traversed by them. 

 The whole of Wynad appears to bo traversed by quartz-reefs, many of 

 which have been proved to be auriferous. The gold from the reefs is 

 paler than that from the washings ; three analyses of the former gave 

 an average of 79 per cent, of gold ; and three of the latter showed 91-3 

 per cent., the rest being silver. The reefs average 4 to 9 feet in thick- 

 ness ; some can be traced for miles ; their strike is N.N.W. and S.S.E., 

 the dip eastward ; this strike is across the stratification. The rock is 



